Institut Francais Du Pe'trole

Ifp Energies Nouvelles

Eni S.p.a.

Agip Petroli S.p.a.

Institute Francais Du Petrole

Enitecnolgie Spa

Total Raffinage Chimie

Lini Technologie S.p.a.

Agip Petroli

Enitechnologies E Uffici Di Via

Totalenergies Onetech

Enitecnologie S.p.a.

Christophe Gueret

Eric Benazzi

Pierre Marion

Alain Billon

Patrick Briot

Patrick Euzen

Patrick Bourges

Nathalie George-Marchal

Hugues Dulot

Slavik Kasztelan

Nathalie Marchal-George

Tivadar Cseri

Carole Bobin

Alexandra Chaumonnot

Jerome Bonnardot

Jean-Claude Hipeaux

Stéphane Kressmann

Cecile Plain

Olivier Martin

Thierry Chapus

Jean-Marie Deves

Julia Magne-Drisch

Magalie Roy-Auberger

Pierre Galtier

Vincenzo Calemma

Frederic Morel

James J Colyar

Pierre-Henri Bigeard

Stephane Kressmann

Jan Verstraete

Damien Hudebine

Didier Duee

Raphael Huyghe

Raphaël Huyghe

Marcel Aussillous

Jean Paul Gouzard

Leopold Hoorelbeke

Dirk Roosendans

Pierre Bigeard

Gilles Helschger

Narhalie Marchal

Alain Billion

Cécile Plain

Jérôme Bonnardot

Hughes Dulot

A method to mitigate the consequences of a vapor cloud explosion due to an accidental release of a flammable gas in an open area, comprising: defining an hazardous area wherein an accidental release of flammable gas is likely to happen; receiving a signal from a detector device able to detect the presence of the flammable gas within the hazardous area, upon reception of a signal indicating the presence of the flammable gas within the hazardous area, generating a control signal to activate a release of a flame acceleration suppression product in the hazardous area, at a rate that is determined as a function of the volume of said hazardous area.

Mitigation of vapor cloud explosion by chemical inhibition

The invention relates to a method for treating a hydrocarbons charge comprising the following stages, in which:

Method for the valorization of heavy charges by bubbling-bed deasphalting and hydrocracking

The present invention concerns an improved once-through process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon-containing feeds with high nitrogen contents, with partial elimination of ammonia, for example by a hot flash located between the hydrorefining zone and the hydrocracking zone. Said hot flash drum functions at a pressure close to that of the hydrorefining reactor and at a temperature in the range from 150&#xb0; C. to the hydrorefining reactor outlet temperature.

'Once through' process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon-containing feeds with high nitrogen contents

The invention concerns a process for producing middle distillates from a paraffinic feed produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, using a hydrocracking/hydroisomerization catalyst which comprises 0.2% to 2.5% by weight of an oxide of a doping element selected from boron, phosphorus, silicon, at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by noble elements from group VIII of the periodic table, a non-zeolitic support based on silica-alumina containing more than 5% by weight and 95% by weight or less of silica (SiO), specifically defined pore characteristics, a BET specific surface area in the range 100 to 550 m/g, and with an X ray diffraction diagram which contains at least the characteristic principal peaks of at least one of the transition aluminas included in the group composed of alpha, rho, khi, eta, gamma, kappa, theta and delta aluminas.

Process for producing middle distillates by hydroisomerizing and hydrocracking feeds from the fischer-tropsch process

The present invention concerns doped catalysts on a mixed zeolite/alumino-silicate support with a low macropore content, and hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes employing them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by elements from group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a doping element in a controlled quantity selected from phosphorus, boron and silicon, and a support based on zeolite Y defined by a lattice parameter a of the unit cell in the range 24.40&#xd7;10m to 24.15&#xd7;10m and silica-alumina containing a quantity of more than 5% by weight and 95% by weight or less of silica (SiO).

Zeolitic catalyst with a controlled doping element content, and improved process for processing hydrocarbon feeds

The invention relates to a catalyst including at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element chosen from the group formed by the group VIB and group VIII elements of the periodic table and a substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix with a reduced content of macropores containing a quantity greater than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO) and based on at least one zeolite. The invention also relates to a substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix with a reduced content of macropores containing a quantity greater than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO) and based on at least one zeolite. The invention also relates to hydrocracking and/or hydroconversion processes and hydrotreating processes utilizing a catalyst according to the invention.

Zeolitic catalyst, substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix and zeolite, and hydrocracking process for hydrocarbon feedstocks

The invention relates to a process for FCC pretreatment by mild hydrocracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock that comprises a vacuum distillate fraction or a deasphalted oil or else a mixture of these two fractions, said primary feedstock, to produce gas oil and an effluent having an initial boiling point of more than 320&#xb0; C., said effluent (FCC feedstock) then being subjected to a catalytic cracking, process in which at least 85% by weight of said primary feedstock ends above 375&#xb0; C. and at least 95% by weight of said primary feedstock ends below 650&#xb0; C., whereby the mild hydrocracking is performed under an absolute pressure of 2 to 12 MPa and at a temperature of between 300 and 500&#xb0; C., characterized in that the hydrocarbon feedstock also comprises a lighter hydrocarbon fraction, a so-called secondary feedstock, of which at least 50% by weight ends below 375&#xb0; C. and at least 80% ends above 200&#xb0; C.

Process of mild hydrocracking including a dilution of the feedstock

The invention concerns a process for producing middle distillates from a paraffinic feed produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, using a hydrocracking/hydroisomerization catalyst which comprises:

Process for producing middle distillates by hydroisomerizing and hydrocracking feeds from the Fischer-Tropsch process using a doped catalyst based on mesoporous alumina-silica with a controlled macropore content

The invention relates to a process, including removal of resins, for the treatment of a hydrocarbon charge, at least 80% of the compounds of which have a boiling point which is above or equal to 340&#xb0; C., in which process:

Method for treating a hydrocarbon feedstock including resin removal

This invention relates to doped catalysts on an aluminosilicate substrate with a low content of macropores and the hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes that use them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element that is selected from the group that is formed by the elements of group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a dopant in a controlled quantity that is selected from among phosphorus, boron, and silicon and a non-zeolitic substrate with a silica-alumina base that contains a quantity of more than 15% by weight and of less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO).

Doped catalyst and improved process for treatment of hydrocarbon feedstocks

The invention relates to a process and installation for treating heavy petroleum feedstocks for producing a gas oil fraction that has a sulfur content of less than 50 ppm and most often 10 ppm that includes the following stages: a) mild hydrocracking in a fixed catalyst bed, b) separation from hydrogen sulfide of a distillate fraction that includes a gas oil fraction and a heavier fraction than the gas oil, c) hydrotreatment (including desulfurization) of said distillate fraction, and d) separation of a gas oil fraction with less than 50 ppm of sulfur. Advantageously, the heavy fraction is sent into catalytic cracking. The process preferably operates with make-up hydrogen that is brought to stage c), and very advantageously all of the make-up hydrogen of the process in introduced in stage c).

Process for converting heavy petroleum fractions for producing a catalytic cracking feedstock and middle distillates with a low sulfur content

The invention concerns a process and apparatus wherein the paraffin effluent from the Fischer-Tropsch process is separated into a heavy fraction with an initial boiling point of 120-200&#xb0; C., said heavy fraction then optionally being hydrotreated then brought into contact with an amorphous hydroisomerization/hydrocracking catalyst that converts at least 80% by weight of the 370&#xb0; C.+ products into products with a boiling point of less than 370&#xb0; C. After distilling the hydrocracked fraction obtained to separate middle distillates, the residual heavy fraction is recycled.

Process for the production of middle distillates by hydroisomerisation and hydrocracking feeds from the Fischer-Tropsch process

The invention relates to a process for treating heavy petroleum feedstocks for producing a gas oil fraction that has a sulfur content of less than 50 ppm and most often 10 ppm that includes the following stages: a) ebulliated-bed catalytic hydrocracking, b) separation from hydrogen sulfide of a distillate fraction that includes a gas oil fraction and a heavier fraction than the gas oil, c) hydrotreatment of said distillate fraction, and d) separation of a gas oil fraction with less than 50 ppm of sulfur. Make-up hydrogen, preferably all make-up hydrogen, is to stage c). Advantageously, the heavier fraction from step (b) is subjected to catalytic cracking. The invention also relates to an installation that can be used for implementing this process.

Process for converting heavy petroleum fractions including an ebulliated bed for producing middle distillates with a low sulfur content

Process for transforming a gas-oil fraction that makes it possible to produce a fuel that has a quality according to stringent requirements in terms of sulfur content, aromatic compound content, cetane number, boiling point, T95, of 95% of the compounds and density, d15/4, at 15&#xb0; C. This process comprises a hydrorefining stage and a hydrocracking stage, whereby the latter uses a catalyst that contains at least one zeolite. The conversion of products that have a boiling point of less than 150&#xb0; C. is, throughout the two stages of hydrocracking and hydrorefining, less than 40% by weight and, for the hydrorefining stage, between 1 and 15% by weight. The temperature, TR2, of the hydrocracking stage is less than the temperature, TR1, of the hydrorefining stage, and the variation between temperatures TR1 and TR2 is between 0 and 80&#xb0; C.

Process for improving aromatic and naphtheno-aromatic gas oil fractions

A process for production of very high-quality base oils, and simultaneous production of high-quality middle distillates, comprises the successive stages of hydroisomerization and catalytic dewaxing. The hydroisomerization takes place in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one noble metal deposited on an amorphous acid support, the metal dispersion being less than 20%. The support is preferably an amorphous silica-alumina. The catalytic dewaxing takes place in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one hydrodehydrogenating element (Group VIII) and at least one molecular sieve chosen from ZBM-30, EU-2, and EU-11.

Flexible method for producing oil bases and distillates by hydroisomerization-conversion on a weakly dispersed catalyst followed by a catalyctic dewaxing

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